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Compasses Com"pass*es, n., pl. An instrument for describing circles, measuring figures, etc., consisting of two, or (rarely) more, pointed branches, or legs, usually joined at the top by a rivet on which they move. Note: The compasses for drawing circles have adjustable pen points, pencil points, etc.; those used for measuring without adjustable points are generally called dividers. See Dividers. Bow compasses. See Bow-compass. Caliber compasses, Caliper compasses. See Calipers. Proportional, Triangular, etc., compasses. See under Proportional, etc.

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- the hinge. This sort of comp**** is often known as a "pair of Spring-Bow Comp****es". The needle point is located on the steady leg, and serves as the center...
- A comp**** rose, sometimes called a wind rose, rose of the winds or comp**** star, is a figure on a comp****, map, nautical chart, or monument used to display...
- A bow window or comp**** window is a curved bay window. Bow windows are designed to create space by projecting beyond the exterior wall of a building, and...
- drawing table tools. In 1874 the founder Emil Oskar Richter invented the bow comp****. After switching its focus to overhead projectors in the late 1960s,...
- as a reference point. A comp**** bearing, as in vehicle or marine navigation, is measured in relation to the magnetic comp**** of the navigator's vehicle...
- The bow and arrow is a ranged weapon system consisting of an elastic launching device (bow) and long-shafted projectiles (arrows). Humans used bows and...
- navigation, the heading of a vessel or aircraft is the comp**** direction in which the craft's bow or nose is pointed. Note that the heading may not necessarily...
- A comp**** saw is a type of saw used for making curved cuts known as comp****es, particularly in confined spaces where a larger saw would not fit. Comp****...
- Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bow saws. A modern bow saw is a metal-framed crosscut saw in the shape of a bow with a co**** wide blade. This type...
- A bow drill is a simple hand-operated type of tool, consisting of a rod (the spindle or drill shaft) that is set in rapid rotary motion by means of a...